Tag: attention

When unpleasantly surprised, stay calm

November 13, 2007 | 6 comments

The City of Richland has been landscaping in front of my office. They removed several trees and plan to plant some new ones in different spots on the breezeway I look out onto. After they removed the old trees, they

Keep score of the best times

November 13, 2007 | 6 comments

Last weekend, I went with my family to Federal Way to watch my daughter swim in the Washington State swimming championships. She qualified in four events, which was quite an accomplishment—the 50 and 100 meter single freestyle, plus the 200

Focus on solution, not problem

October 31, 2007 | 2 comments

A friend relayed to me the gist of a testimony she read recently about a woman who had struggled with a foot problem for over a year. In an effort to rededicate her prayers and make some progress, she decided

Flowstone

September 17, 2007 | 4 comments

While touring the Lewis and Clark Caverns in Montana last month, our guide frequently pointed out flowstone. Flowstone is rock formed by water dripping or trickling over a cave surface leaving calcium deposits behind. Over thousands and millions of years,

Are you going the right way?

March 8, 2007 | No comments yet

“As a man headed for his golf game hurried down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife’s voice urgently warning him, “Herman, I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way